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Chapter 1306 This is the beginning (ZZZ fighting is so tiring)

In fact, this is not an isolated case within the Star Alliance.

It wasn't just the Alliance. After Lumiaire detected the signal getting stronger, the UNSC and the Dardanelles Information Trade Alliance also sent emergency reports. The content was basically the same: AI rebelled and a large number of artificial intelligences self-destructed or made mistakes.

Among them, the UNSC suffered the most, while the Information Trade Alliance suffered less damage. On the one hand, the Terminator Planet in the Alliance had already suffered enough from the rebellious AI and was determined not to allow artificial intelligence to rise in their world. The artificial intelligence in the demon world was not developed enough. Only the Tower Council said that those VEX seemed to be going crazy... Well, fortunately, the Guardians were not affected.

The situation is very serious.

Duanmu Huai also looked solemn at this moment. This was only the star field he had been to. In fact, compared to these technologically highly developed star fields, magical civilizations like Furen were not affected.

After all...what is AI?

never heard of that.

As for the golem? The golem has no AI, and it doesn't receive signals. This kind of magic product basically doesn't follow any scientific laws. So unless you take the path of magic technology, it is difficult to invade and change the magic side of the automatic puppet.

In fact, in the game Star Ocean, high-tech civilizations are at a disadvantage because in this game, disasters are generally divided into two types, one is technological and the other is magical.

Technological disasters have little chance of affecting magic, but conversely, magical disasters can easily cause greater damage to the technological world.

For a mysterious signal like this, you must at least have the technical level to receive intergalactic signals, and this technology generally does not exist in the magic world. On the other hand, if it is a plague or something like that that breaks out in the magic world, it is easy to spread in the technological world. Unless it is a disaster that affects magic, once a magic disaster affects the technological world, the latter has no means of resistance, then it is basically waiting for death.

So the situation now is that interstellar civilization is in a mess, including the UNSC, the Alliance, the Tower Council, and the Demon Planets, all of which are either conducting self-inspections or starting to deal with the AI ​​rebellion.

But on the other hand, those more backward civilized worlds were peaceful and quiet, nothing happened - not to mention the Middle Ages, even the world where Naruse Mio was born was not affected at all. Everyone ate and drank as usual, and slept as usual, and they had no idea that at this time in other places, there was blood flowing like a river, corpses everywhere, and wars raging... Of course, strictly speaking, this was actually normal.

Because they haven't developed AI either.

The worst off is the UNSC. Because of the Geth Rebellion, the Alliance only developed VI instead of AI, which is fine, but the UNSC is rushing down the AI ​​path. Duanmu Huai reminded the UNSC of this problem when he was fighting with them, but it is obvious that the latter ignored his words. In other words, the UNSC still does not think that the Inquisition can dictate its policies.

Well now, retribution has come.

Duanmu Huai didn't bother to care about what happened to the UNSC. On the one hand, the UNSC was a political entity after all, and it was not his turn to comment. On the other hand... it was better to have more people die, so that the memory would be more profound.

No interstellar civilization would be complete without experiencing an AI rebellion.

Now the UNSC is finally a qualified interstellar civilization.

What makes Duanmu Huai feel relieved is that these forces have not asked the Tribunal for help so far, but have only issued a report to inform themselves of the current situation, indicating that they are not children who will only cry when they are separated from their mothers.

Oh, only Dardanelle was wailing there. Duanmu Huai directly disconnected his channel—he could tell at a glance that this wandering merchant was simply playing the victim.

Besides, even if they seek help from the Inquisition, Duanmu Huai will not go there. Now it seems that this will be a storm that will truly sweep across the entire galaxy. This is the civilization that I have come into contact with. I don’t know if the star field civilizations that I have not come into contact with will also be attacked by this strange signal. Maybe they will be even worse?

Forget it, this is not something I should worry about right now.

Duanmu Huai could only wish them good luck.

Now Duanmu Huai had only two things to do. First, he had to completely cut off the signal. Second, he had to find the source of the signal and then completely destroy it. Then he had to find the mastermind behind it and kill him.

The first thing Duanmu Huai couldn't do himself, so he asked Lumiel to do it immediately. Lumiel said that she had tried, but the other party's signal had been strengthened to the limit. To put it bluntly, the signal was now in a state of great force, and any shielding and defense against it would be penetrated. It was like a silent echo, spreading in the Milky Way.

Fortunately, this thing is useless against the Inquisition's warships—well, Duanmu Huai didn't waste so many dolls to sail the ships.

Facts have proved that manual labor is the safest.

No matter how fancy a fully automatic machine is, it will be useless if you don't equip it with a manual device.

Just like a hundred-story building needs to have emergency stairs.

  No matter whether others can finish the climb or not, at least you have to do it, right?

Who knows when it might come in handy?

Since we can't stop it, we can only solve the problem from the source.

So Duanmu Huai decisively ordered the fleet to assemble. He only had time to say a word to Huang Qian Kumiko before quickly leaving their world and rushing towards the coordinate point.

"Mr. Duanmu, could it be that the Reaper is behind this?"

Standing next to Duanmu Huai, Mary asked anxiously. The Inquisition vs. the Reapers was the first major battle Mary encountered after joining the Inquisition, not to mention that in the end she was dragged by Duanmu Huai to the enemy's hometown to carry out the decapitation tactic. So this is also the enemy that Mary remembers most vividly.

"Not really. If the Reapers had this ability, the Star Alliance would have been destroyed by them long ago."

Duanmu Huai shook his head. The Reaper had not shown this ability at the beginning. If it had, Duanmu Huai would not have known about it. Moreover, this strength was beyond the Reaper's level. It was more violent, more powerful, and more... Never mind. Anyway, we'll know when we get there.

All in all, you'll know when you get there.

"——————!"

The light in front of him quickly dissipated, and soon, a brand new galaxy appeared in front of Duanmu Huai.

“Scan…Oh, no need to scan.”

Duanmu Huai immediately ordered a scan of the entire galaxy, but he soon found that it was unnecessary because a group of weird things were blocking the Inquisition fleet not far in front of it.

These things look like mines, but they are not round. Instead, they are shaped like triangular building blocks connected together. How should I describe it...

"The Hound of Tindalos must have loved this setting."

Duanmu Huai silently complained, this pure metal plus various sharp-angle designs that have nothing to do with streamlined designs, what race’s genius invention is this?

At least it's definitely not human.

"attack!"

Duanmu Huai gave the order directly, he didn’t even need to confirm the other party’s identity through communication - it would be the same to confirm it after killing them and cleaning up the wreckage!

Duanmu Huai gave an order—well, he only needed one order, because the specific mobilization of the fleet was the responsibility of Ecot. For Duanmu Huai, he just needed to see his own macro cannons and light spears blasting the opponent to pieces in the universe. Nothing else mattered.

Then the war began.

The gunfire broke the tranquility of the galaxy. Tens of thousands of strange metal balls rushed towards the fleet of the Inquisition like a school of fish in the sea. They fired high-energy lasers one after another, shooting at the Inquisition like raindrops. In response, the Inquisition's cannons and light spears responded.

In terms of size, these strange "mines" are definitely not as big as the giant ships of the Inquisition, but their combined numbers are enough to make people feel terrified. However, it is not the first time that the Inquisition has used this kind of human wave tactics. Under the precise operation and command of Ecot, the fleet of the Inquisition formed a steel wall, ruthlessly blocking the surging waves.

"I never thought that this could lead to a fight..."

An was standing speechless at the moment. Generally speaking, even in a battle, one must at least reveal one's identity or figure out who the other party is. But Duanmu Huai was just fighting right away, not caring what the other party was. The same was true for those strange warships on the other side. When attacked, they just fought back without saying a word.

It was like two people walked into an alley and met each other, and without saying a word, they swung their butcher knives at each other... Although An also guessed that these strange warships should be the fleet used to defend this galaxy. Considering that the source of the mysterious signal before was here, they were most likely the enemy.

But you should at least confirm it first...

Just as An was muttering to himself, Lumiel's voice rang out.

"Reporting to Mr. Inquisitor, we have received an emergency communication."

"From the other side?"

"That's about right... the signal comes from the other side..."

At this point, Lumière was speechless.

"The Normandy."

“………………Take it.”

As soon as the signal was connected, Shepard's sister's big face appeared on the screen.

"Ahhhhhh, Inquisition, you guys came at the perfect time. I love you guys so much!!!"

"Speak human language, what are you doing?"

Duanmu Huai had long been accustomed to this hot-tempered old sister. Seeing that she was still wearing combat uniform, it was obvious that she had just been engaged in an intense exercise.

Well, the very intense kind.

"I'll tell you when we get over there. We are hiding in these damn warships now. Come over here immediately. Don't hit the wrong person!!"

Along with Sister Shepard's shouting, Duanmu Huai also saw in a corner of the battlefield that the Normandy was rushing over like it was speeding under the influence, while the other side ignored its appearance. As for the Inquisition... Well, it was a good thing that Sister Shepard contacted Duanmu Huai in advance and shouted, otherwise it would have been smashed into pieces by the quick-eyed and quick-handed Acot.

It was like a war, with bullets flying from both sides, and then a young man wearing a helmet and holding his head rushed across the battlefield facing the gunfire... Well, I have to say that the speed of the Normandy was still very good. Soon the battleship passed through the battlefield and rushed into the hangar of the Inquisition's flagship.

“Phew… I thought we couldn’t escape! You guys came at the perfect time.”

Rushing into the bridge in a hurry, Sister Shepard had a smiling face, looking like she had survived a disaster.

"So did you find anything interesting?"

"Of course!"

At this point, Sister Shepard's expression suddenly became serious.

"I remember that you, the Inquisition, have weapons that can destroy a planet! Destroy that planet immediately. These damn warships were built on it!"

"Which one?"

“That one!”

In fact, without Sister Shepard pointing it out specifically, Duanmu Huai saw the khaki planet behind the fleet. From the outside, the planet seemed to be just an ordinary barren planet and there was nothing special about it.

"It's not just a planet, it's a factory! The entire planet is a huge factory that manufactures machine warships! We must destroy it completely. It is continuously manufacturing these warships, and they want to destroy everything! There are no living people there, no life, only cold steel!"

"ok, I get it."

Duanmu Huai nodded, signaling Sister Shepard not to be so angry, and then he looked at the ochre-colored planet.

The planet was a little far from the battlefield, and the Inquisition had only one fleet at the moment, which was not enough to directly win a crushing victory with firepower.

But this does not mean that Duanmu Huai has no solution.

He held out his hand.

Duanmu Huai had seen countless scenes of planets being destroyed, ordered to extinction, and destroyed by all kinds of things. They would shatter, split, and then explode, and then turn into scattered asteroid belts... just like here now.

The destruction of a planet is a matter of course.

Duanmu Huai suddenly clenched his right fist.

Then, the planet exploded.

It was as if some kind of shock energy exploded from the inside of the planet in an instant, and the entire planet shattered and exploded like an egg, completely shattered under the impact of the invisible divine power. In just a blink of an eye, a huge planet turned into a large piece of rubble.

Even the fleet that was fighting fiercely with the Inquisition did not seem to have expected this development. They paused for a moment, then quickly distanced themselves from the Inquisition's fleet and tried to escape.

However, the cowardly and sinister Aikote had already dispatched an encirclement fleet behind them, waiting for these idiots to fall into his trap.

"All right."

Duanmu Huai put his hand down and looked at Shepard's grumpy sister who was standing beside him with her eyes wide open and her jaw almost dropping to the ground.

"Now you can tell me what you found."